Iraqi Films, Video Clips and Stories online

No country in the world has been reported on so heavily - the occupation, the execution of Saddam and the daily terror have been popular events in the international media.

But the reality beyond Baghdad's Greenzone is hardly known. The life of regular people, their culture, their suffering and their visions are hidden from the eyes of the world. Unless journalists are embedded with the coalition forces, the country has become almost impossible to report on. But without the human stories there is no chance of engaging in the complex fragmentation of Iraqi society and the biggest political calamity of our time.

TV screens don't show what is really going on in Iraq; the situation has been desensitized and pushed into the background of people's lives. Above all, people all over the world, and especially Iraqis, have become highly suspicious of the mass media. Iraq represents the end of mass media as a major actor in raising awareness and public opinion.

Iraqiscope wants to fill this media gap by showcasing films and texts made by Iraqis about their daily life, their culture and their politics.

Project partners

Iraqiscope is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office and the UNESCO and realized by MICT in cooperation with the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Kirkuk TV (Baba Gur Gur), Baghdad Short Film Festival, Susanne Kaufmann, Haider Helo, Diar Bakr, Sheelan Hassan, Amena Al-Zahabi, Zaki Ziad, and Hadi Mahoud and Fayez Alqanani

MICT - Media in Cooperation and Transition is a non-profit media organization with offices in Berlin and Amman. MICT's activities comprise the training of journalists and media producers, program and content development, production of radio programs, films and books.

Since being founded in early 2004, MICT has been implementing media projects on political and cultural topics in Iraq in cooperation with Iraqi activists, journalists, artists, and media producers.

Check out: www.mict-international.org and www.niqash.org

Project Team

For any problems or questions mail Klaas Glenewinkel.

Project Management: Mirvat Adwan,Susan Sharaf and Klaas Glenewinkel
Curators Iraq Films: Barbara Kaufmann, Intishaal Tamimi, Haider Helo, Niza Alrawi and Nasser Hassan
Producers: Haider Helo, Diar Bakr, Sheelan Hassan, Amina Al-Zahabi, Zaki Ziad, Hadi Mahoud, Fayesz Alkanani
Advisors: Ali Bader, Zyad Turkey
Editing and Subtitles: Eyad Hamam
Design: Gunnar Bauer
Programming: Yan Minagawa kπ
Hosting: Rosebud Media and Minuskel